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faciepalm t1_je39enl wrote

Reply to comment by bingold49 in Study finds that methane creates cooling clouds that offset 30% of the heat, which means methane has a lower effect on climate change than previously thought by Theranosissus

This is exactly the reason why reducing methane can be so beneficial in the short term, if we stop replacing the gas that's breaking down we will see benefits immediately, whereas CO2 will have to be actively removed

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faciepalm t1_j9ytw34 wrote

Reply to comment by onikaizoku11 in Fort Worth councilman's 82-year-old mother shot through door of her home by infinitum3d

I agree with you, except for that example at the end. It shouldn't be too difficult for someone to prove that they are competent and understand the risks behind owning and using a gun to provide themselves with a license, especially if the cost of doing so was waived for the first year or so that it was going to be announced.

Every household being required to own a gun sounds straight out of a state trying to prepare its population for a civil war, huh? I'm not in the US and accustomed to the laws at all, but it is interesting how many carry overs probably exist from so long ago

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faciepalm t1_j9y6ceg wrote

Reply to comment by onikaizoku11 in Fort Worth councilman's 82-year-old mother shot through door of her home by infinitum3d

Hardly makes things any worse. It's pretty easy to have a gun license on you at all times while you have a gun, just like your phone or actual license. Shifting the point of legality to no one can unless they have a license from everyone can except felons means that everybody who is illegally using guns will have to be more careful, because they know that just having one gives a reason to check ID.

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faciepalm t1_j3vflwl wrote

Reply to comment by Mysterious_Emotion in Australia’s big polluters must cut emissions by nearly 5% a year, but can use offsets to get there | Greenhouse gas emissions by LachyWantsBrownies

Carbon capture without alternative energy source is literally virtue signalling too. That's what their hydrogen bullshit is about too, natural gas converted to hydrogen while still releasing the same amount of carbon dioxide. Oil companies are not trying to help at all and they dont even deserve to help, all their money, assets etc should be stripped off them and used towards actual preventative measures.

When I meant the oh shit climate change is a real issue moment that's when millions are starving, regions are getting hammered so often they cant even repair etc. When the polar ice is already long gone

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faciepalm t1_j3v7917 wrote

Reply to comment by Y34rZer0 in Australia’s big polluters must cut emissions by nearly 5% a year, but can use offsets to get there | Greenhouse gas emissions by LachyWantsBrownies

Yeah, most charts show that they are levelling off from there and I am definitely not denying that China has to do a lot. But Fossil fuel companies are the sole holders of blame, as well as autocratic nations that use fossil fuels as their sources of income like UAE, saudi arabia and russia. Their money needs to be taken and used to replace fossil fuel usages like coal power plants and diesel based transport.

What's really depressing to me is knowing it's going to take decades from the point of "oh fuck this is the biggest issue for humanity" to actually begin to reverse emissions and I don't even know if we are there yet. I can't fucking understand the amount of climate denying bullshit showing up, probably riding on the backs of the antivaxxer crowds

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faciepalm t1_j3v6h51 wrote

Reply to comment by Y34rZer0 in Australia’s big polluters must cut emissions by nearly 5% a year, but can use offsets to get there | Greenhouse gas emissions by LachyWantsBrownies

You know what's super depressing? People acting like if china did someone it would all be okay. The secret is china is actually doing a lot, while the real polluters, fossil fuel companies, are not even being fucking thought about. Australia has actively taken steps in the past decade to help the guys contributing to climate change do it faster, because they have been controlled by murdoch funded shills to their coal industry.

For once China is actually doing something right only because it's government knows and has prepared to be a shining beacon for it's people. Fuck the CCP, but don't even bother acting like other countries (especially Australia) aren't doing fuck all about it

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